Feb 24, 2026, 07:18 PM ET<\/p>\n
SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken<\/a> agreed to terms on two-year contract extensions Tuesday with forwards Ben Meyers<\/a> and Ryan Winterton<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meyers, 27, has split time this season between the Kraken and the Coachella Valley Firebirds, Seattle’s American Hockey League affiliate. In 31 games with Seattle, Meyers has five goals and six assists.<\/p>\n He has been sidelined since Jan. 27 with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n “Ben is an integral part of our team,” general manager Jason Botterill said in a statement. “He’s a versatile player who plays with passion. We’re happy to have him signed for another two years.”<\/p>\n Winterton, 22, has appeared in a career-high 54 games this season, with personal bests in goals (three) and assists (12). He played in 19 games for the Kraken over the two previous seasons.<\/p>\n “Ryan has taken big strides as a member of the Kraken this season,” Botterill said. “He’s been able to carve out a role on this team with his speed and strong two-way game. We’re excited to have him under contract through the 2027-28 season.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb 24, 2026, 07:18 PM ET SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken agreed to terms on two-year contract extensions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-489485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}